performs a test for right-censored data. It uses the Weighted Kaplan-Meier family of statistics for testing the differences of two survival curves.

survtest(
  time,
  status,
  treat,
  tau = NULL,
  rho = 0,
  gam = 0,
  eta = 1,
  var_est = "Unpooled"
)

Arguments

time

The observed time.

status

The status indicator, normally 0=alive, 1=dead.

treat

The treatment-group indicator, normally 0=control, 1=intervention.

tau

follow-up. Default NULL denoting the last time in which both groups had patients at risk.

rho

A scalar parameter that controls the type of test (see Weights).

gam

A scalar parameter that controls the type of test (see Weights).

eta

A scalar parameter that controls the type of test (see Weights).

var_est

indicates the variance estimate to use ('Pooled' or 'Unpooled')

Value

List: standardized statistic, statistic and variance.

Author

Marta Bofill Roig